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of the Royal Family gathered in this room to watch the first big military | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
parade of the Queen's brain. It's not just the good vantage point, | :00:20. | :00:26. | |
it's also a place steeped in history, as the office once occupied | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
by the Duke of Wellington. The family will be back here today, | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
following events from this window, as they enjoy the ceremony of | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
Trooping the Colour, to mark the Queen's official birthday on Horse | :00:37. | :00:47. | |
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Guards Parade. That first parade took place just nine days after the | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
coronation. It was the first official engagement for the new | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
queen. 60 years on, the Birthday Parade will feature some rousing | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
Welsh tunes, as the Prince of Wales Company 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
provide the Escort and play a very prominent part in today's ceremony. | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
This time last year at these soldiers were deployed in | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
Afghanistan, which reminds everyone watching that they combine the | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
ceremonial duties with life on the frontline. Since last year 's | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
parade, 25 members of the armed forces have lost their lives serving | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
in Afghanistan. Five of them from the Household Division, three | :01:52. | :02:02. | |
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Grenadier Guards, two Welsh Here, too, heads of the Armed | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
Forces, Sir Peter Wall and Sir David Richards among them, along with | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
representatives of many foreign nations, including the Commonwealth | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
member states. The Mall is lined with Union Flags to celebrate the | :02:20. | :02:27. | |
Queen's official birthday. There are 200 soldiers lining the route will | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
stop there are poignant reminders for the Queen of the loss of her | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
father, King George VI, at such a young age, and her late mother. At | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
Buckingham Palace, the Sovereign's Escort and the Mounted Bands are | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
awaiting to accompany the Queen and other members of the Royal Family to | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
Horse Guards Parade. Not long to go until the processions get under way. | :02:51. | :03:00. | |
It's a very good morning to Clare Balding. | :03:00. | :03:07. | |
Big T is with me now. What is your responsibility today? | :03:07. | :03:13. | |
responsibility is sorting out the dais. Her Majesty 's standard, when | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
Her Majesty comes on parade, I will pull the cord, three little | :03:17. | :03:24. | |
stitchers will pop and it will spring out. And this is your last | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
ever Queen's Birthday Parade. retiring. I'm a bit emotional, but | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
my family and friends have come down to see me. We hope it goes | :03:34. | :03:44. | |
perfectly. My special guest knows everything | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
there is to know about the parade. Formally Major General commanding | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
the Household Division. Last on parade in that capacity in 2007. He | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
is Major General Sir Sebastian Roberts. It's a great pleasure to | :03:59. | :04:06. | |
have you with us. Good morning.What are you looking forward to? That | :04:06. | :04:14. | |
ancient tradition of tradition and modern professionalism. The soldiers | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
achieved the remarkable standards in their ceremonial duties. All coming | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
together in this world famous celebration of our Queen's official | :04:24. | :04:31. | |
birthday. The last time the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards trooped their | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
colour was in 2008. Since then, they've deployed to Afghanistan. | :04:36. | :04:42. | |
We've been speaking to some of them about their recent tour. | :04:42. | :04:47. | |
soldiers need to be adaptable. For Guardsmen, that adaptability is very | :04:47. | :04:57. | |
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stark. We go from wearing, combat clothing into scarlet very readily. | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
On our most recent tour of Afghanistan, the majority of the | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
Battalion formed the Police Mentoring Advisory Group. It was | :05:08. | :05:15. | |
their task to train and advise the police, from basic training all the | :05:15. | :05:22. | |
way going into operations alongside them. We'd get up at dawn and then | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
set off to our patrol base. When we got there, we'd go into our security | :05:27. | :05:34. | |
measures. We would then build a rapport with the police. The first | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
time was quite hard because you got the language barrier. It's trying to | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
understand people from a different culture. After a while, they are | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
pretty much the same as you. You do bond. Look for the rise and fall of | :05:49. | :05:58. | |
his chest. On one of these routine patrols we went to the checkpoint, | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
as we always did. Unfortunately, two of my guys were shot dead by a rogue | :06:03. | :06:10. | |
Afghan policeman, who was completely unknown to the checkpoint. | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
situation was the worst nightmare. He had casualties and a volatile | :06:13. | :06:16. | |
situation, which was threatening his mission. He was only six weeks into | :06:16. | :06:22. | |
it. We were back out very soon after the incident occurred. Two weeks | :06:22. | :06:31. | |
following this, I myself became a casualty from a gunshot wound. | :06:31. | :06:37. | |
essence of good leadership is you can rise above that sort of chaos. | :06:37. | :06:45. | |
That is exactly what Ben did. For that, he was very deservedly awarded | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
the Queen 's commendation. Queen's Birthday Parade has served | :06:49. | :06:57. | |
as a recovery vehicle for me. Me being on parade today is a tribute. | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
It's a very sincere form of flattery. When people can't quite | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
believe the standards of ceremonial drill that we provide in London are | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
done by hard, fighting men who'd been at the tip of a spear, and | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
we're very proud to have with us. The men of the 1st Battalion Welsh | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
Guards sharing their frontline experiences. Ben Bardsley, who will | :07:18. | :07:24. | |
be falling in with all the other officers shortly, has made a | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
remarkable recovery from those life-threatening injuries. He can be | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
forgiven if he is a little distracted today. He's getting | :07:31. | :07:39. | |
married to his fiancee in a weeks time. We wish them both well. The | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
Escort provided by Prince of Wales Company 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
1st Battalion also providing the mental number to guard and No.3 | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
Guard, which means there is a very prominent Welsh presence on | :07:52. | :08:00. | |
horseguards this year. Next to them, No.5 Guard, provided by F Company | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
Scots Guards. Earlier this year, they were providing the street | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
liners for Baroness Thatcher's funeral. No.4 Guard provided by | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
Nijmegen Company. Later this month, the Queen will present new colours | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
to the company at Buckingham Palace. 1st Battalion Irish Guards | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
started their six-month deployment to Afghanistan in April, but there | :08:25. | :08:32. | |
is a strong Irish presence in the massed bands on parade today. A | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
successful Birthday Parade depends on hundreds of men and women setting | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
the highest standards of precision and drill. The man in charge as | :08:38. | :08:44. | |
Lieutenant Colonel Dino Bosi. This must be an incredibly proud date. | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
Yes, but a little bit nerve wracking. We really hope we will be | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
able to live up to the high standards that our predecessors have | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
set. It about teamwork, but it's about you and your steed. This is | :08:58. | :09:04. | |
Winston. What sort of a relationship party built up? I've been riding him | :09:04. | :09:11. | |
since January. He's a real old stager. His 22, but he hasn't done a | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
parade before. This is a new experience for both of us. Is quite | :09:15. | :09:21. | |
elderly, isn't he? He is. He's 22. Other than counting teeth, we are | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
not quite sure when his birthday is. He is immensely calm. He is, but | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
he's also quite frisky. He will bounce along with the band quite | :09:31. | :09:35. | |
happily. He seems to really enjoy the music. I look forward to seeing | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
you together. I know that you and your men have been extremely busy. | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
For those based in London, one of the jobs has been to provide the | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
Queen 's guard. We have sent a camera behind the scenes to find out | :09:49. | :09:59. | |
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parade. The Standard that is required for us on that parade is | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
nothing short of excellence. Drill is very much our bread and butter | :10:08. | :10:15. | |
while we are in London. The routine helps that. When the guys do the | :10:15. | :10:21. | |
Queen 's guard now, that's all about getting experience for the big match | :10:21. | :10:27. | |
and working together as a team. When they step out the gates to walk up | :10:27. | :10:33. | |
to the forecourt, the crowds are building up and its six to ten deep | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
down The Mall. It doesn't faze the guys. There's an opportunity for | :10:37. | :10:43. | |
guys to take their bearskins off, change their clothing and have | :10:43. | :10:50. | |
something to eat before they go back out into the sentry boxes. It is | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
quite nerve wracking when you look out and there are a couple of | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
hundred people watching you. Different faces, glaring at you, | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
wondering when you are going to move. Concentration is the hardest | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
thing. You focus on your job and try and do it right. There's little | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
things they can miss, maybe turn the wrong way or a belt may not be | :11:15. | :11:17. | |
sitting correctly. That's the high standards we require in the Welsh | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
Guards. I'm new here, it's my first troop. A lot to live up to because | :11:22. | :11:29. | |
all the boys have done it before. It's really nerve wracking. Being | :11:29. | :11:33. | |
Welsh, the camaraderie -- camaraderie is fantastic. Everybody | :11:33. | :11:41. | |
mucks in, it's like a brotherhood. My family think it's very funny that | :11:41. | :11:47. | |
I've got a bearskin on my head but they are very proud of me. The last | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
time I did it my girlfriend came down with my father and my mother. | :11:52. | :12:00. | |
It's a brilliant job, I love it. Welsh Guards taking pride in their | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
heritage. They first trooped their colour for the sovereign back in | :12:05. | :12:15. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :12:15. | :13:13. | |
1928, that was for King George V. first carriage we have the Duchess | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
of Cornwall, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. The Duke | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
of York and his two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess | :13:20. | :13:28. | |
Eugenie. In the third carriage we have the Earl and Countess of Wessex | :13:28. | :13:38. | |
and their daughter, Lady Louise Windsor. This is the final public | :13:38. | :13:40. | |
engagement for the Duchess of Cambridge before the due date for | :13:40. | :13:50. | |
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her individual pro-dash-macro file grow steadily over the past year. | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
She attended the State Opening of Parliament for the first time with | :14:04. | :14:09. | |
the Prince of Wales last month. A great scene along The Mall. We will | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
see even more crowds later on as they arrive here for the balcony | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
appearance and the fly-past after the parade is complete. A short | :14:18. | :14:28. | |
journey along The Mall. It's under a mile from Buckingham Palace. Once | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
the three carriages are on their way, we will then be ready for the | :14:33. | :14:43. | |
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Queen's departure from Buckingham Corporal Ben Ruffer. Her Majesty | :15:12. | :15:17. | |
travelling to Horse Guards in the glass coach today with the Duke of | :15:17. | :15:22. | |
Kent who is Colonel of the Scots Guards. He is a cousin to both the | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip is missing the parade | :15:25. | :15:30. | |
this year. He has only missed a few over the years. He recovers from his | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
recent operation. The Duke of Edinburgh who marked his 92nd | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
birthday this week. His absence will be keenly felt by the Queen, the | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
Royal family and also by the Grenadier Guards, whose kernel he | :15:44. | :15:50. | |
is, and with whom he has a close bond. The Duke of Cambridge riding | :15:50. | :15:56. | |
as Colonel of the Irish Guards, the Prince of Wales and the Princess | :15:56. | :16:06. | |
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Royal. The Princess Royal, Colonel turning into the approach road, if | :16:20. | :16:28. | |
you yard is away from Horse Guards Parade. -- a few yards away from | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
Horse Guards Parade. Lots of enthusiastic cheering for the | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
Duchess of Cambridge. Everyone knowing that she is a month away | :16:36. | :16:43. | |
from that first baby. The child will be third in line for the throne. We | :16:43. | :16:50. | |
can see the Guards have opened up. They have repositioned. That is to | :16:50. | :17:00. | |
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make way for this first section of will be the National Anthem them to | :17:12. | :17:22. | |
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blues and Royal uniform decorated with the wings of the Army Air Corps | :17:50. | :18:00. | |
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Mall is the brigade major. Four procession hugely. I have to make | :18:27. | :18:32. | |
sure we get the timing is right. That is my responsibility to deliver | :18:32. | :18:35. | |
Her Majesty on to deliver Her Majesty onto the dais at exactly 11 | :18:35. | :18:40. | |
o'clock. I have to look at the crowds to make sure they are having | :18:40. | :18:50. | |
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a good time but mostly I will be Guards starts the music on the | :19:06. | :19:16. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :19:16. | :20:26. | |
coronation, we can reflect a little on the Queen's service. She has | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
undertaken 96 state visits to 116 different countries. Representatives | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
of lots of those different countries, especially the | :20:33. | :20:41. | |
Commonwealth, are here today. The glass coach arrives on the parade | :20:41. | :20:51. | |
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ground. The head coach and is Mark Hargreaves. Very soon he will | :20:52. | :20:58. | |
provide his own distinct tooth salute to the Colour. -- his | :20:58. | :21:08. | |
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distinctive salute. That will be followed immediately by the three | :21:08. | :21:13. | |
Royal is, the Duke of Cambridge, his father, the Prince of Wales and the | :21:13. | :21:23. | |
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Princess Royal. And the two nonroyal Colonels behind them. The Queen's | :21:25. | :21:32. | |
Birthday Parade of 2013 is about to begin. At the stroke of 11 o'clock, | :21:32. | :21:35. | |
the Queen and the Duke of Kent this year, will step onto the saluting | :21:35. | :21:42. | |
base. The Royal Standard will be broken or released. The field | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
officer will give his command and then the National Anthem will be | :21:45. | :21:55. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :21:56. | :23:19. | |
inspect the line of Guards. It is also an opportunity for the massed | :23:19. | :23:25. | |
bands to entertain. The man in charge is Lt Col Stephen Barnwell. | :23:25. | :23:30. | |
The first piece is great and glorious, performed by one of his | :23:30. | :23:36. | |
predecessors, Leslie Statham, who I am told composed the original match | :23:36. | :23:46. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :23:47. | :25:32. | |
inspection. It is called Royal Standard. The Queen is Colonel in | :25:32. | :25:40. | |
Chief of all the regiments. This is Her Majesty's opportunity to inspect | :25:40. | :25:50. | |
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the troops which constitute her own personal or two guard. -- bodyguard. | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
The Household Cavalry are the only regiments are allowed to present a | :25:54. | :26:02. | |
sovereign standard on today's arrayed. This year it is the | :26:02. | :26:09. | |
standard of the Life Guards with Squadron Corporal Major Kris | :26:09. | :26:14. | |
Newell. Their lead gun is treated as the Colour. It enjoys the same | :26:14. | :26:24. | |
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status as the Colour being trooped Norton's last year as General | :26:33. | :26:38. | |
Officer commanding London district. He is soon to take up a post in | :26:38. | :26:48. | |
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Italy as deputy commander NATO deployment core. For Lt Col Stephen | :26:52. | :26:57. | |
Barnwell, this should be the best arrayed of them all. I am retiring | :26:57. | :27:02. | |
this year in November. This is my last time trooping the Colour. It is | :27:02. | :27:08. | |
very special. Doing this parade as senior director of music, they | :27:08. | :27:13. | |
always say if you're holding a stick, it goes much quicker. That is | :27:13. | :27:19. | |
true but I want to savour this. I do not want it to go too fast. It has | :27:19. | :27:26. | |
been an absolute joy working with the musicians. And to have control | :27:26. | :27:30. | |
as a conductor over such a powerful and talented force as that, it is | :27:30. | :27:37. | |
the epitome of any musician's career. | :27:37. | :27:44. | |
The massed preparing now to play one of the most enduringly popular | :27:44. | :27:50. | |
military marches, Les Huguenots. One of the highlights of the Birthday | :27:50. | :28:00. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :28:00. | :32:02. | |
march! The quick march is heroes returned | :32:02. | :32:09. | |
by Arnold Steck. Aptly chosen from the Welsh Guards, who returned from | :32:09. | :32:19. | |
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Afghanistan earlier this year. The lone drummer is Lance Corporal | :32:22. | :32:26. | |
Christopher Rees, from Maesteg in South Wales. He joined the Welsh | :32:26. | :32:36. | |
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Guards in 2008 and has completed two days when all battlefield command | :34:02. | :34:09. | |
were given by drumbeat. Orderly Byron Clark marches forward to take | :34:09. | :34:12. | |
the pace stick. That allows him to draw his sword. He is ready to | :34:12. | :34:22. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :34:22. | :35:32. | |
protect the Colour will stop that is to the march of the British | :35:32. | :35:42. | |
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Grenadiers. This shows the results of weeks of hard work. Enormous | :35:43. | :35:48. | |
pride at the culmination, so it gives a great tingle. My own father | :35:48. | :35:54. | |
and brother were in the Welsh Guards and fought in battles. It matters a | :35:54. | :36:04. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :36:04. | :36:55. | |
take possession of the Colour will stop protecting it with his sword, | :36:55. | :37:04. | |
and then ready to hand it over to the Ensign, he is following him for | :37:04. | :37:14. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :37:14. | :39:02. | |
Today's Ensign receives the Colour the Colour, having taken possession, | :39:02. | :39:12. | |
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has now become the Escort to the The formal ceremony of trooping the | :39:51. | :40:01. | |
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by 45 members of The Corps of Drums. There they are performing the | :40:09. | :40:13. | |
complex spinning wheel. They change direction without changing | :40:13. | :40:23. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :40:23. | :41:38. | |
formation. It's quite a challenge slow march, arranged by Fred Harris. | :41:38. | :41:44. | |
This is the real test for the Ensign Second Lieutenant Joel Dunwoodie. | :41:44. | :41:48. | |
Watched by millions around the world. Just as important, watched by | :41:48. | :41:53. | |
his family in the crowd today. never thought I was going to be | :41:53. | :42:00. | |
Ensign. It came as a real surprise to find that out. In rehearsals, I | :42:00. | :42:04. | |
have been carrying a practice colour, which is much heavier than | :42:04. | :42:08. | |
the actual one. But it enables me to strengthen my shoulders, feel the | :42:08. | :42:12. | |
weight and get the movement is correct. So on the day I will | :42:12. | :42:16. | |
perform well. My family will be sitting in the stands. I'm hoping | :42:16. | :42:21. | |
they'll be thinking of me. I'll certainly be trying to keep it at | :42:21. | :42:29. | |
the back of my mind. A rather modest Joel Dunwoodie, sharing his thoughts | :42:29. | :42:39. | |
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land warfare, where colours were used practically as a rallying | :42:43. | :42:51. | |
point. Today it is all about powerful symbolism, Sebastien. | :42:51. | :42:57. | |
indeed. These colours are presented by the Queen. During that | :42:57. | :43:05. | |
presentation, they are blessed by the regimental padre. They have a | :43:05. | :43:09. | |
sacramental significant -- significance for every regiment, as | :43:09. | :43:15. | |
well as being the history of the great lives of many brave men who | :43:15. | :43:21. | |
have fought and given their lives. And also a rallying point. No longer | :43:21. | :43:31. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :43:31. | :44:16. | |
in battle, but certainly at the turn! Escort to the Colour. Arms! | :44:16. | :44:26. | |
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Escort to the Colour. Present arms. The officers take post ready for the | :44:53. | :45:03. | |
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march past. The Colour moves to the Drum Major Tom Birkett. It was | :45:48. | :45:53. | |
composed shortly after the Second World War. Tom Birkett from the | :45:53. | :46:03. | |
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third Battalion the Coldstream the ability to stretch legs? You are | :47:50. | :47:56. | |
absolutely right, Huw. At this stage, they are re-enacting battle | :47:56. | :48:00. | |
drills of 200 years ago when they defeated Napoleon. But it is | :48:01. | :48:04. | |
important to reflect that they are carrying the weapons which many of | :48:04. | :48:14. | |
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them have used in action in the last first tripped their colour for the | :48:39. | :48:44. | |
Queen in 1965. They are immediately recognised with their buttons | :48:44. | :48:52. | |
grouped in fives. They have a green and white plume. Their leak collar | :48:53. | :49:02. | |
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emblem. The Prime Minister and Samantha Cameron enjoying the | :49:05. | :49:10. | |
sunshine, enjoying the music and enjoying the parade today. They are | :49:10. | :49:15. | |
surrounded by some African leaders including the President of Tanzania, | :49:15. | :49:21. | |
Senegal, Mali and Nigeria. They are there as part of a conference before | :49:21. | :49:31. | |
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the G8 talks which are taking place the parade, Major Henry Bettinson. | :50:35. | :50:41. | |
The change in music tells you that these are the Men of Harlech, the | :50:41. | :50:51. | |
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the Queen. It is what we call the flourish. And then we'll recover or | :51:16. | :51:26. | |
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Colonel of the Welsh Guards, the Prince of Wales. One of the three | :52:22. | :52:30. | |
Royal Colonels as the music changes to Scipio by Handel. Nine Megan | :52:30. | :52:40. | |
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company, first Battalion Grenadier Guards. -- Nijmegen company. The | :52:41. | :52:51. | |
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kernel in Chief is the Duke of to meet the Queen. The sword is | :54:06. | :54:11. | |
drawn but it is a special form of salute which conveys no threat at | :54:11. | :54:19. | |
all to Her Majesty. A neutral slow march this time, Thievish Magpie | :54:19. | :54:28. | |
taken from Rossini's Opera. The first time in many years that the | :54:28. | :54:34. | |
Household Cavalry had no operational tours in 2012. The regiment is now | :54:34. | :54:38. | |
committed again with a third of its force in Afghanistan. The Irish | :54:38. | :54:43. | |
Guards as well and many of the troops seen at the Queen's Birthday | :54:43. | :54:51. | |
Parade last year are currently in Afghanistan. We spoke to some of | :54:51. | :54:56. | |
them. This time last year we were getting ready for the Queen's | :54:56. | :55:00. | |
Diamond Jubilee. We were there with a quarter of a million people out on | :55:00. | :55:04. | |
the Mall. The Queen 's Diamond Jubilee and the royal wedding as | :55:04. | :55:10. | |
well. It is not often you get to stand there in front of such a huge | :55:10. | :55:17. | |
crowd. It is hot in a bare skin as it is in body armour. Your feet -- | :55:17. | :55:23. | |
your feet ache. The best of luck from everyone out here. You are | :55:23. | :55:27. | |
probably sweating as much a bearskin as we are in body armour. Remember | :55:27. | :55:36. | |
it is your day, and joy. Follow your lines. It is a special day when the | :55:36. | :55:45. | |
Queen comes out on parade. So, the Guards have reformed and | :55:45. | :55:51. | |
they are ready to march past in quick time. The tempo increases. A | :55:51. | :56:01. | |
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new sense of dynamism and energy. The quick march is the champion. -- | :56:03. | :56:12. | |
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a time to reflect on the profile and status of the Armed Forces. Events | :56:33. | :56:37. | |
in recent weeks have given us a sharp focus on that as well. | :56:38. | :56:45. | |
Indeed. I spoke to kernel Dino Bosi, the field officer and he was amazed, | :56:45. | :56:55. | |
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as was the rest of the Welsh Guards, by the reaction of the population to | :56:55. | :56:59. | |
the appalling killer of Drummer Lee Rigby. They were Feste and with | :56:59. | :57:09. | |
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floral tributes -- festooned. And he also said that he had been stunned | :57:13. | :57:20. | |
by the meteoric reaction of the locals in Hounslow to their return | :57:20. | :57:25. | |
from Afghanistan. That is of enormous significance to every | :57:25. | :57:29. | |
soldier and their families, to know that we have the support of the | :57:30. | :57:39. | |
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nation in very evident and very the rear of the Escort. Number two | :59:06. | :59:09. | |
and number three guard is also provided by the first Battalion | :59:09. | :59:19. | |
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sharing his thoughts confession to make. I first saw the troop when I | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
was three years old. I wanted to do what I'm doing today. It is just | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
luck that I'm able to do it. I feel hugely privileged to be able to do | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
that. It is the closest honour to the honour of command in your | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
battalion on operations, which I've also been able to do during my time | :01:21. | :01:30. | |
in command. So I'm very Dino Bosi, the childhood dream which, | :01:30. | :01:37. | |
Sebastian, one has to say is a huge Indeed. Quite a lot of us who cut | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
the great honour to serve on this parade and in these regiments have | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
probably had our first taste, as young children watching this | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
parade, either here, at horse Guards, or on the television. I know | :01:51. | :01:57. | |
that in my case it was probably the nub of an I absolutely share what he | :01:57. | :02:07. | |
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has just said. I'm sure that applies to many hundreds of those on parade | :02:08. | :02:18. | |
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mounted troops to salute the base. We have cool weather today, very | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
good for the horses. The massed bands march to one side, clearing a | :04:24. | :04:33. | |
place for the Mounted Bands. The drum horses are the only horses to | :04:33. | :04:40. | |
hold the rank of officer. They are owned by Her Majesty the Queen. | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
Big, heavy horses, they can either be a shire horse or Clydesdale. They | :04:46. | :04:53. | |
need to carry the weight of those heavy kettledrums. The Mounted Bands | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
of the Household Cavalry move on to the north side of Horse Guards, led | :04:56. | :05:06. | |
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by Major Paul Wilburn. He is also a have been on parade. They joined the | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
ceremony at Horse Guards by request of the Royal Family. They first took | :05:25. | :05:32. | |
part in 1998. A very impressive sight. Our high standard of riding | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
in the King's Troop. Many of them compete in events, including | :05:37. | :05:47. | |
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of the King's Troop on August 2011, it's his second time on parade | :06:14. | :06:24. | |
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acknowledges. The guns are in effect the Colour of the King's Troop. They | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
are the real thing, they were used in action in the great Wall. Only 25 | :07:03. | :07:09. | |
of these guns in existence today worldwide. The Troop itself has kept | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
the title King's Troop on the orders of the Queen, in memory of her | :07:13. | :07:23. | |
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Guards. The sovereign 's Escort makes its way past the saluting | :07:53. | :08:03. | |
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base. Led by the Field Officer of the Escort, the commander. Field | :08:10. | :08:20. | |
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Officer Nick Stewart of The Life Blues and Royals. Their recent | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
history going back to 1969, when the Royal Horse Guards were amalgamated | :08:32. | :08:42. | |
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with the Royal dragoons. Their Colonel is the Princess Royal. The | :08:43. | :08:53. | |
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farriers dressed in their glinting everyone trying to maintain a | :09:18. | :09:28. | |
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steady, sitting trot. Good control lucky, recovering from a leg injury | :09:57. | :09:59. | |
and a suspected temporary blindness. As he can see, she's now fine | :09:59. | :10:06. | |
health. Her Majesty the Queen with her great knowledge of horses and | :10:06. | :10:12. | |
also her affection for them, she's watching carefully. There are 75 | :10:12. | :10:19. | |
horses here this year. They include Harlequins, a five-year-old | :10:19. | :10:29. | |
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Household Cavalry, we will find somewhere in there cap next dashed | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
back Ink spot. If you bear your teeth at him, he bares his teeth | :10:58. | :11:08. | |
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sticks as they passed the saluting Director of Music will soon turn | :12:25. | :12:31. | |
inwards. That will signal he is handing back control to the Field | :12:31. | :12:41. | |
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Officer and that the Household the Parade Ground, the Sergeant | :13:45. | :13:52. | |
Major making his way along to the Approach Road, giving the signal | :13:52. | :14:02. | |
that the procession is ready to leave. The Field Officer will ask | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
Her Majesty's permission to march off, to conclude this parade of | :14:06. | :14:16. | |
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2013, in the 60th anniversary year of the Queen's Coronation. Your | :14:19. | :14:29. | |
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Majesty's Guards are ready to march carriage procession is returning to | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
Buckingham Palace. In the first carriage we have the Duchess of | :14:55. | :15:02. | |
Cambridge, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry, too. Back on Horse | :15:02. | :15:07. | |
Guards Parade, the signal has been received that all is fine for the | :15:08. | :15:11. | |
music to start. The massed bands will play and the Guards will march | :15:11. | :15:21. | |
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off. They are marching off to a selection of music known as Arms | :15:28. | :15:37. | |
Park, which refers to a great success in the 1970s, great for me, | :15:37. | :15:47. | |
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Approach Road and towards the Mall. It is a day of people looking | :16:03. | :16:09. | |
carefully at the birthday Honours list. Sir Peter Hall, the head of | :16:09. | :16:15. | |
the army, is one of those receiving an honour today. There are some | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
members as well in the household division. Major Nigel Owen awarded | :16:21. | :16:26. | |
the MBE and Warrant Officer Stephen Hill of the Coldstream Guards. Some | :16:26. | :16:32. | |
are being honoured as well, slightly closer to home. The entire team | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
wants to say well done and congratulations to Clare on her | :16:36. | :16:40. | |
OBEs. Thank you very much. It has been wonderful to walk through the | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
crowds. Lots of people saying congratulations, which is lovely. | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
But more importantly they have been here since 7:15am this morning to | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
secure good spot to watch the Queen's Birthday Parade. At this | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
point the procession comes past these two statues which means the | :17:00. | :17:07. | |
most to the Queen. A statue of the Queen Mother and King George VI. The | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
Queen had a look up at them as she came by. The crowds were cheering | :17:11. | :17:21. | |
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madly. The wonderful sight of the massed in. -- massed bands. They are | :17:23. | :17:31. | |
resplendent in their uniforms. Crimson, gold braid and lace, pretty | :17:31. | :17:37. | |
much under changed since 1865. As we enjoyed these images, joining us | :17:37. | :17:44. | |
again in the BBC commentary box is the author, commentator and Daily | :17:44. | :17:50. | |
Mail writer Robert Hardman. Good morning to you here. Thank you. | :17:50. | :17:58. | |
impressions so far? You referred to it being a Birthday Parade and we | :17:58. | :18:06. | |
are at that position now. It is a birthday celebration and the 63rd | :18:06. | :18:12. | |
Birthday Parade the Queen has been to, the 59th as monarch. She will be | :18:12. | :18:22. | |
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impressed by the spectacle we have seen today. Every yard of this grand | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
ceremonial route along the Mall, designed by Sir Aston Webb. It has | :18:27. | :18:33. | |
featured in every event of her reign. She travelled along it on her | :18:33. | :18:37. | |
wedding day in 1947. Vast crowds were cheering. Other royal weddings | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
in the decades which have followed. It has been a feature on more sombre | :18:42. | :18:48. | |
occasions, her mother and father's funerals. And of course, every year, | :18:48. | :18:52. | |
the principal route from Horse Guards and back for the Birthday | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
Parade. 60 years ago this month the Mall was decorated with massive | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
coronation archers. On those days, the parade was held on a Thursday | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
but apart from that it is pretty much unchanged and that is one | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
reason for its enduring appeal. Her Majesty attends the traditional | :19:12. | :19:18. | |
ceremony of trooping the Colour. The massed is lead the procession | :19:18. | :19:28. | |
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around the Queen Victoria Memorial. The Queen accompanied by the Duke of | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
Kent today, Roberts, just reminding us that the Duke of Edinburgh is | :19:56. | :20:01. | |
probably watching the parade in the London clinic. Yes, sadly, his Royal | :20:01. | :20:04. | |
Highness cannot be here today. not the first time he has missed | :20:04. | :20:09. | |
it. There have been a couple of occasions when he has been abroad on | :20:09. | :20:14. | |
business. The last occasion was in 1968. On that occasion the Queen was | :20:14. | :20:24. | |
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accompanied by the Duke of Kent. He was not the Duke of Kent. The Queen | :20:25. | :20:35. | |
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invited him to join her which is why King's Troop preparing to fire their | :21:31. | :21:40. | |
salute. For both the Queen 's official birthday and her actual | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
birthday it is marked by a royal salute. Today will be a 41 gun | :21:44. | :21:52. | |
salute. The ceremonial season has included royal salutes to march -- | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
mark the accession to the throne, the Queen's actual birthday, the | :21:56. | :22:02. | |
coronation, just last Monday the Duke of Edinburgh's 92nd birthday. | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
The basic royal salute is 21 rounds. But the number of rounds fired does | :22:07. | :22:13. | |
depend on the place and the occasion. Today, it is taking place | :22:14. | :22:19. | |
in Green Park. That is a royal park so they add 22 the number which | :22:19. | :22:29. | |
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the Birthday Parade is still extremely popular. And still brings | :22:37. | :22:45. | |
joy and excitement to young and old. Last year, the Diamond Jubilee year, | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
there was a vast crowd for the Birthday Parade. This year in the | :22:50. | :23:00. | |
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60th anniversary of the coronation, Royal Horse Artillery firing their | :23:10. | :23:20. | |
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41 gun salute for the Queen's more sunshine, thankfully, many | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
thousands of people making their way down from Admiralty arch to the | :23:42. | :23:44. | |
general direction of Horse Guards Parade, through Saint James 's | :23:44. | :23:51. | |
Park, down towards Buckingham Palace. The great expanse of the | :23:51. | :23:56. | |
Mall, down towards the Queen Victoria Memorial glinting in the | :23:56. | :24:06. | |
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crowd. The Queen leads members of the Royal family out onto that | :24:22. | :24:30. | |
famous balcony ready for the fly past. If we look in the distance, | :24:30. | :24:40. | |
Huw, we might see the RAF. We think 30 aircraft, 13 different types. | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
Eight elements. The first element, the support helicopter Force, | :24:45. | :24:50. | |
Chinook and two Merlins, currently providing vital transport for | :24:50. | :25:00. | |
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troops, medical aid and equipment for forces in Afghanistan. The | :25:01. | :25:06. | |
inspiring sight of the Lancaster bomber, part of the RAF Memorial | :25:06. | :25:11. | |
flight based in Lincolnshire. Sadly, we do not have the Spitfire | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
and hurricane fighters today because of the strong wind but the Lancaster | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
is a very powerful presence. I knew surely, this year, we are able to | :25:21. | :25:26. | |
see inside the Lancaster bomber as it makes its approach. A spectacular | :25:26. | :25:30. | |
view for us along The Mall and down towards Buckingham Palace where the | :25:30. | :25:40. | |
royal Family is watching. A broad smile from the Queen. The third | :25:40. | :25:50. | |
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eyes and ears, if you like. The Typhoons are from Coningsby. The | :26:14. | :26:24. | |
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impressive sight of the Seas 70 Oxfordshire. You cannot convey the | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
fundraising noise as this fly past makes its way over central London | :26:35. | :26:45. | |
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and Horse Guards. The sixth 50 air cadets as passengers. A great | :26:57. | :27:07. | |
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day for them. We are soon to be joined by the massive Voyager. The | :27:09. | :27:17. | |
Voyager will eventually replace the RAF's remaining fleet of Tri-Star | :27:17. | :27:25. | |
and VC tens. And then the climax of this fly past. The Royal Air Force | :27:25. | :27:35. | |
aerobatics team of the famous Red Arrows, led by Squadron leader Jim | :27:35. | :27:45. | |
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Turner, team leader of the Red Arrows. The Queen acknowledges the | :27:45. | :27:55. | |
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applause and cheers. She looks very happy. Prince Harry looking on. And | :27:56. | :28:06. | |
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the Duchess of Cambridge smiling as the Royal Family make their way back | :28:08. | :28:15. | |
into the palace. The Birthday Parade of 2013 in this 60th anniversary of | :28:15. | :28:20. | |
the Queen's coronation is at an end. Another superb display on Horse | :28:20. | :28:23. | |
Guards led by the Welsh Guards and an equally impressive display by the | :28:23. | :28:29. |